I got to greet at an event for international students tonight. While I was eating dinner with my family before I left, Savannah said, "when you get home, I want to know how many languages you picked up." Ha! The funny thing was that three people were praying for the meal at the event and they were supposed to pray in three different languages, but the first prayed in English, the second in Korean, and the third, in English. Afterwards, I was like, "What just happened because I only heard two languages spoken....am I understanding tongues?" I didn't say that out loud...just thought it :) One of the people just started praying in English and totally forgot about praying in Mandarin....ooops.
On the way home I was thinking about all those sweet students...some are in high school and others in college...so far from home. Having Cindy work with me and share her experience in the month of January helped me to understand how they often feel insecure and isolated because of language and cultural differences. They are always so happy to get together for events like tonight's and hear their own languages spoken. It really is a wonderful thing to watch them communicate with each other. There is just something about knowing you are known and understood.
He Knows - Jeremy Camp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsccUg4TDd8
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